CVE-2021-21345
XStream is vulnerable to a Remote Command Execution attack
Impact
### Impact The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker has sufficient rights to execute commands of the host only by manipulating the processed input stream. No user is affected, who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types. ### Patches If you rely on XStream's default blacklist of the [Security Framework](https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#framework), you will have to use at least version 1.4.16. ### Workarounds See [workarounds](https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround) for the different versions covering all CVEs. ### References See full information about the nature of the vulnerability and the steps to reproduce it in XStream's documentation for [CVE-2021-21345](https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21345.html). ### Credits 钟潦贵 (Liaogui Zhong) found and reported the issue to XStream and provided the required information to reproduce it. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [XStream](https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues) * Contact us at [XStream Google Group](https://groups.google.com/group/xstream-user)
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream | < 1.4.16 | 1.4.16 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Netapp | Oncommand Insight | All versions |
| Apache | Activemq | before 5.15.14 Versions 5.16.0, 5.16.1 |
| Apache | Jmeter | before 5.5 |
| Xstream | Xstream | before 1.4.16 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 33, 34, 35 |
| Oracle | Banking Enterprise Default Management | Versions 2.10.0, 2.12.0 |
| Oracle | Banking Platform | Versions 2.4.0, 2.7.1, 2.9.0, 2.12.0 |
| Oracle | Banking Virtual Account Management | Versions 14.2.0, 14.3.0, 14.5.0 |
| Oracle | Business Activity Monitoring | Versions 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0 |
| Oracle | Communications Billing And Revenue Management Elastic Charging Engine | Version 12.0.0.3.0 |
| Oracle | Communications Policy Management | Version 12.5.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- http://x-stream.github.io/changes.html#1.4.16
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-hwpc-8xqv-jvj4
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8244fd0831db894d5e89911ded9c72196d395a90ae655414d23ed0dd%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ac71b047767205aa22e3a08cb33f3e0586de6b2fac48b425c6e16b0%40%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0002/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5004
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-21345.html
- https://x-stream.github.io/security.html#workaround
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hwpc-8xqv-jvj4
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21345
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ac71b047767205aa22e3a08cb33f3e0586de6b2fac48b425c6e16b0@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8244fd0831db894d5e89911ded9c72196d395a90ae655414d23ed0dd@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22KVR6B5IZP3BGQ3HPWIO2FWWCKT3DHP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QGXIU3YDPG6OGTDHMBLAFN7BPBERXREB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PVPHZA7VW2RRSDCOIPP2W6O5ND254TU7/